The Zeigarnik Effect is the psychological tendency to remember uncompleted or interrupted tasks better than completed ones. It's why you lie in bed thinking about the email you didn't finish. For knowledge workers, this effect is a major cause of chronic stress.

Visual timers offer a way to "close the loop" even if the overarching project isn't finished. By setting a 45-minute timer for a specific sub-task, you create a bounded session. When the timer finishes, that specific session is "complete."

Leave work at work on our free visual timer